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Knowledge About the Herpes Zoster (HZ) Vaccine and Its Acceptance Among the Population in Al-Ahsa City in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Cureus, 2023
Introduction Herpes zoster (HZ), caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), poses a public health concern in Saudi Arabia, with an increasing number of cases reported in recent years. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and acceptance of the herpes
Abdullah H Bohamad, Heba Y Alojail, Lujain A Alabdulmohsin, Meshari A Alhawl, Mishal B Aldossary, Fatimah M Altoraiki, Abdullatif Y Almulhim, Abdullah A Almulhim, Shahd Alabdulathim, Fatimah H Almarri   +9 more
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Impacto da metodologia nos resultados de avaliações econômicas de programas de vacinação da varicela: é importante para o processo de tomada de decisão? [PDF]

, 2009
This study aims to review the literature on economic evaluation of childhood varicella vaccination programs and to discuss how heterogeneity in methodological aspects and estimation of parameters can affect the studies' results.
NOVAES, Hillegonda Maria Dutilh, SARTORI, Ana Marli Christovan, SOÁREZ, Patrícia Coelho de   +2 more
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Herpes zoster vaccination in systemic lupus erythematosus: the current status

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Among the inflammatory rheumatic diseases, SLE is associated with the highest risk of herpes zoster reactivation relative to age. The reported incidence of herpes zoster infection in SLE ranges from 6.4 to 91.4/1000 patient-years, with main risk factors ...
Chi Chiu Mok
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Herpes Virus Infections in Kidney Transplant Patients (HINT) – a prospective observational cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Kidney transplant recipients receive maintenance immunosuppressive therapy to avoid allograft rejection resulting in increased risk of infections and infection-related morbidity and mortality.
Sebastian Rask Hamm, Sunil Kumar Saini, Annemette Hald, Anna V. Vaaben, Natasja Wulff Pedersen, Moises Alberto Suarez-Zdunek, Zitta Barrella Harboe, Helle Bruunsgaard, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Carsten Schade Larsen, Claus Bistrup, Henrik Birn, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Sine Reker Hadrup, Susanne Dam Nielsen   +14 more
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Risk of herpes zoster following mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administration

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2023
Background Adverse events following mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, including herpes zoster (HZ), have been reported. We conducted a cohort study to evaluate the association between mRNA COVID-19 vaccination and subsequent HZ at Kaiser Permanente Southern ...
A. Florea, Jun Wu, L. Qian, Bruno J Lewin, L. Sy, I. Lin, J. Ku, H. Tseng   +7 more
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Examining the potential for porcine-derived islet cells to harbour viral pathogens [PDF]

, 2018
With an onus on safety in the potential use of porcine islet cells as a treatment for diabetes, the use of animals lacking exogenous pathogens is clearly important and multilevel screening strategies have been presented on testing animals and the product.
Crossan, Claire, Gianello, Pierre, Mourad, Nizar, O'Hara, Zoe, Scobie, Linda   +4 more
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Herpes Zoster Vaccine

Uirusu, 2018
Herpes zoster, or shingles, results from the reactivation of latent varicella- zoster virus (VZV) in the dorsal-root or cranial-nerve ganglia, usually decades after primary infection. Herpes zoster is characterized by a vesicular rash with a unilateral and dermatomal distribution and is almost always accompanied by pain.
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Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacological Activities, and Toxicology of the Subfamily Gomphrenoideae (Amaranthaceae): A Comprehensive Review

Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The subfamily Gomphrenoideae is composed of about 480 accepted species, many of which have been historically used as medicinal plants, reason why they have been studied in terms of chemical profile, biological activity, and safety. This review consolidates the advances in research on this subfamily over the past 47 years, emphasizing its ...
Dayanna Isabel Araque Gelves, Giulia Cristina de Andreoli Souza, Alvaro Jose Hernandez Tasco, Marcos José Salvador   +3 more
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Twelve Children with Varicella Vaccine Meningitis: Neuropathogenesis of Reactivated Live Attenuated Varicella Vaccine Virus

Viruses, 2020
Varicella vaccine is a live attenuated varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Like its parental strain called VZV pOka, the vaccine virus vOka retains some neurotropic properties.
Ethan H. Heusel, Charles Grose
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Genetic variation in the HLA region is associated with susceptibility to herpes zoster. [PDF]

, 2015
Herpes zoster, commonly referred to as shingles, is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). VZV initially manifests as chicken pox, most commonly in childhood, can remain asymptomatically latent in nerve tissues for many years and often re-emerges as
Armstrong, G, Baldwin, E, Borthwick, KM, Bottinger, E, Burt, A, Carlson, CS, Carrell, DS, Carroll, RJ, Comstock, BA, Crane, PK, Crawford, DC, Crosslin, DR, de Andrade, M, Denny, JC, Doheny, KF, Hanna, DS, Harley, JB, Hayes, MG, Jarvik, GP, Keating, B, Kho, A, Kim, DS, Kuivaniemi, H, Kullo, IJ, Larson, EB, Li, R, McCarty, CA, Mirel, DB, Mukherjee, S, Pacheco, J, Peissig, PL, Pugh, E, Ritchie, MD, Stallings, S, Tromp, G, Underwood, JG, Verma, SS   +36 more
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